Member Event: Basement to Tower Tour
Victoria Mansion 109 Danforth Street, Portland, MESave the date! Victoria Mansion Members are invited to a rare opportunity to tour areas of the house not usually on public view. Join Mansion staff to tour the basement, once a vital center of operations for domestic staff, the third floor, today home to collections storage and conservation initiatives, and small group access to […]
Member Event: Backstairs Lives Tour
Victoria Mansion 109 Danforth Street, Portland, MESave the date! Tours at Victoria Mansion have always included the Morses and the Libbys, but there was another group who also lived here - their domestic servants. For many years, we knew only minimal information about them. Recently, however, research through the Backstairs Lives Initiative has led to some interesting discoveries about the people [...]
Brownstone Brews & Bites, Brought to You by Allagash
Victoria Mansion 109 Danforth Street, Portland, MESave the Date Celebrating our 18-year partnership with Allagash Brewing, our summer fundraiser Brownstone Brews & Bites returns to the Mansion lawn this July! Featuring Allagash beer, music by the Pete Kilpatrick Band, and catering from Cheese Louise, this annual fundraiser helps support our ongoing historic preservation projects, with a special eye on preserving [...]
A Bizarre Victorian Bazaar: An Exhibition of Oddities and the Obscure
Victoria Mansion 109 Danforth Street, Portland, MESave the Date Our Bizarre Victorian Bazaar returns to the Mansion lawn on Saturday, October 5th! This one-day fair kicks off the Halloween season with an educational (and entertaining!) take on Victorian folklore, camera trickery, Spiritualism, and more. Keep an eye on our Events webpage, and our Facebook and Instagram pages in the coming weeks. A full schedule of […]